Most coaches in the NFL get it. They make good money, they have prestige within their profession since their jobs are among a very select group, and they get fired often.

They move a lot, and rarely do they put their kids through the same schools or live in a house long enough to see it need painting.

So I thought it would be interesting to ask a few coaches I know in the league what they think Eric Studesville’s life is like right now.

Studesville is the Broncos’ interim head coach. Just over a week ago, he went from the quiet, rather anonymous life of a running backs coach to the face of a franchise — in the span of a couple of hours.

And now Studesville is basically answering questions from both near and far about things he had little control over, standing in for the people who have made the decisions that have the Broncos where they are.

That is easily the most difficult part of his job, along with suddenly trying to juggle all the things a head coach has to do with very little warning.

In that light, some of Studesville’s peers believe he is in an especially difficult spot regarding the growing public outcry to play Tim Tebow at quarterback.

They say the Broncos told Studesville he is getting an “audition” to get himself in the team’s coaching search over the season’s final month. Joe Ellis basically said the team would make Studesville a candidate if the team finished strong.

And no coach questioned in recent days believed playing a rookie quarterback against any of the three teams left on the Broncos’ schedule would be the best way for any head coaching hopeful to get an interview for the job.

The Chargers and Raiders, for example, are tied for third in the league in sacks, just one behind the league leaders.

But overall for Studesville, running practice, speaking to the team and suddenly being the guy at the end of the line for many decisions is different and takes some adjustment. Instead of simply directing a player to go to the end of the hall to get an answer on something, Studesville is now the guy at the end of the hall.

There also is the matter of hard feelings. Certainly none of the other Broncos assistant coaches have publicly admitted to being troubled over the fact they were not selected as the interim coach, but coaches elsewhere in the league believe it is almost a certainty some hard feelings exist somewhere in the Broncos’ complex these days.

Coaches, like players, are competitive people.

There also are almost certainly some on the staff who remain loyal to McDaniels and may be angry, etc. McDaniels was fired less than two full seasons into his tenure.

So, Studesville can’t possibly solve all of those problems in a few weeks, but he’ll have to manage his time carefully and take what he can from the opportunity. Perhaps another team’s general manager or a college athletic director will see how he handles himself in a tremendously difficult spot and will put him on their radar.

But it’s a sure thing that a guy who has been with the Broncos for 11 months is also the guy taking a lot more than one for the team right now.

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